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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8/B/F/66
Title	Letter from [Samuel] Richardson, midshipman on H.M.S Maidstone, at Sierra Leone to W J Lockett
Date	30 Jun 1826
Description	Has prize containing 174 slaves. The general and two aides de camps have died and the mortality rate is very high. The slave trade is carried on mainly by the French but the navy cannot touch them, while the Portugese are allowed to trade south of the Equator
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Clients of Ward, Lockett & Balguy and Balguy & Barber, Solicitors of Derby
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Forced labour
	Oppression
	Ethnic groups
	Military personnel
	Naval personnel
	Sailors
	Seagoing vessels
	Ships
	Navy
	British Empire
	Colonialism

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Sierra Leone	Country

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